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Lower Eastern Shore MG Program - 2013 Highlights • Master Gardens held ‘Ask a Master Gardener’ informaonal booths at the Beer Living Expo by the Salisbury Opmist Club, the Ocean City Home, Condo and Garden show and the Ocean Pines Home and Garden show. They highlighted Grow It, Eat It with a display of fresh grown leuce and passed out let - tuce packages plus HG 16, planng dates for vegetables and other fact sheets as well as the new Ferliz- er Lawn law and accompanying fact sheets. • Master Gardeners held Plant Clinic at the Ocean Pines Library from May – September, every Tuesday from 1-4 pm. There was oﬅen a line of home gardeners waing to ask their quesons and have their plant insects, diseases and problems looked at, idenfied and suggesons given for control • Master Gardeners connue their work at the Berlin Library Community Garden to plant, care for, harvest and donate vegetables to Diakonia, a local community shelter and Stevenson United Methodist Church and used in library programs. They have been able to expand their small garden area with grants they wrote. This year they were awarded a $300.00 grant from Kitchen Gardeners Internaonal and the Community Foundaon of the Eastern Shore to create 2 new raised beds, with some of the materials donated by a local company Eastern Shore Forest Products. hp://kgi.org/blog/kmunson/berlin-library- garden-shares-knowledge-and-produce-support-kgi . The project is being led by Lower Shore Worcester County Master Gardeners and LESSON (Local Eastern Shore Sustainable Organic Network) with support from Worcester County and Maryland Coastal Bays Program and produces between 600-800 pounds of fresh produce annually. They have also installed nave bee boxes! • Every May the Master Gardeners man over 5 learning staons for over 3,000 children and 500 chaper- ons to teach them that food comes from the farms and gardens before it gets to a store. • Master Gardeners help at 2 Nave Plant Days in May, one in Worcester County and one in Wicomico County, helping community gardeners with nave plant growing needs, rain garden concepts and plant - ing direcons. • Master Gardeners celebrate Pollinators Week at the local Salisbury Zoo with an informaon booth packed with fact sheets on plants for pollinators and informaon on the various types of pollinators. Samples of plants that aract pollinators and buerfly gardens are also on display. • Master Gardeners helped out at the Delmarva Chicken Fesval with an “Ask A Master Gardener” booth complete with many fact sheets on vegetable gardening and the new Ferlizer Lawn Law. • 18 new Master Gardener Interns started their training and 16 completed the course and passed their MG exam • The Advanced Master Gardeners training takes place the first Tuesday of each month, late morning at the Ocean Pines Library (so there is me for Plant Clinic) and evening at the Wicomico Extension Office to accommodate both the MG’s who are available during the day and those that sll work and can only aend in the evening. Connuing educaon had many interesng invited speakers.

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Lower Eastern Shore MG Program - 2013 Highlights

• MasterGardensheld‘AskaMasterGardener’informationalboothsattheBetterLivingExpobytheSalisburyOptimistClub,theOceanCityHome,CondoandGardenshowandtheOceanPinesHomeandGardenshow.TheyhighlightedGrowIt,EatItwithadisplayoffreshgrownlettuceandpassedoutlet-tucepackagesplusHG16,plantingdatesforvegetablesandotherfactsheetsaswellasthenewFertiliz-erLawnlawandaccompanyingfactsheets.

• MasterGardenersheldPlantClinicattheOceanPinesLibraryfromMay–September,everyTuesdayfrom1-4pm.Therewasoftenalineofhomegardenerswaitingtoasktheirquestionsandhavetheirplantinsects,diseasesandproblemslookedat,identifiedandsuggestionsgivenforcontrol

• MasterGardenerscontinuetheirworkattheBerlinLibraryCommunityGardentoplant,carefor,harvestanddonatevegetablestoDiakonia,alocalcommunityshelterandStevensonUnitedMethodistChurchandusedinlibraryprograms.Theyhavebeenabletoexpandtheirsmallgardenareawithgrantstheywrote.Thisyeartheywereawardeda$300.00grantfromKitchenGardenersInternationalandtheCommunityFoundationoftheEasternShoretocreate2newraisedbeds,withsomeofthematerialsdonatedbyalocalcompanyEasternShoreForestProducts.http://kgi.org/blog/kmunson/berlin-library-garden-shares-knowledge-and-produce-support-kgi.TheprojectisbeingledbyLowerShoreWorcesterCountyMasterGardenersandLESSON(LocalEasternShoreSustainableOrganicNetwork)withsupportfromWorcesterCountyandMarylandCoastalBaysProgramandproducesbetween600-800poundsoffreshproduceannually.Theyhavealsoinstallednativebeeboxes!

• EveryMaytheMasterGardenersmanover5learningstationsforover3,000childrenand500chaper-onstoteachthemthatfoodcomesfromthefarmsandgardensbeforeitgetstoastore.

• MasterGardenershelpat2NativePlantDaysinMay,oneinWorcesterCountyandoneinWicomicoCounty,helpingcommunitygardenerswithnativeplantgrowingneeds,raingardenconceptsandplant-ingdirections.

• MasterGardenerscelebratePollinatorsWeekatthelocalSalisburyZoowithaninformationboothpackedwithfactsheetsonplantsforpollinatorsandinformationonthevarioustypesofpollinators.Samplesofplantsthatattractpollinatorsandbutterflygardensarealsoondisplay.

• MasterGardenershelpedoutattheDelmarvaChickenFestivalwithan“AskAMasterGardener”boothcompletewithmanyfactsheetsonvegetablegardeningandthenewFertilizerLawnLaw.

• 18newMasterGardenerInternsstartedtheirtrainingand16completedthecourseandpassedtheirMGexam

• TheAdvancedMasterGardenerstrainingtakesplacethefirstTuesdayofeachmonth,latemorningattheOceanPinesLibrary(sothereistimeforPlantClinic)andeveningattheWicomicoExtensionOfficetoaccommodateboththeMG’swhoareavailableduringthedayandthosethatstillworkandcanonlyattendintheevening.Continuingeducationhadmanyinterestinginvitedspeakers.

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Blossom Harris and Linda Mazzaccaro have created a Pizza Garden to help children who come to the 3 day Farm Tour that food comes from farms and gardens. We have about 3000 children (ages 3-6) and over 500 chaperones during the 3 days and the Master Gardeners have created many wonderful learning stations like a butterfly garden, Pizza Garden, touch and Smell Garden and a vegetable relay game where the children race to pick up plastic food and then race back and place them in protein basket, vegetable basket, fruit basket, and dessert basket.

Mike Embry and Lisa Murphy set up for our annual Pollinators Day at Salisbury Zoo. We have a number of MGs who come to help visiters to the zoo learn about butterflies, bees and other pollinators, how to start a pollinators garden, etc.

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